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Iranians arrest 14 squirrels for spying
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| 7/13/07
| Dudi Cohen
Posted on 07/14/2007 9:59:14 AM PDT by Ronzo
Iranians arrest 14 squirrels for spying
Islamic Republic's intelligence agents allege rodents were carrying advanced Western spy gear
Dudi Cohen Published: 07.13.07, 23:43 / Israel News
Iranian intelligence operatives recently detained over a dozen squirrels found within the nation's borders, claiming the rodents were serving as spies for Western powers determined to undermine the Islamic Republic.
"In recent weeks, intelligence operatives have arrested 14 squirrels within Iran's borders," state-sponsored news agency IRNA reported. "The squirrels were carrying spy gear of foreign agencies, and were stopped before they could act, thanks to the alertness of our intelligence services."
Iranian police commander Esmaeil Ahmadi-Moqadam confirmed the report, saying that a number of squirrels had been caught bearing foreign spy gear within Iran's borders.
"I heard of this but I have no specific knowledge on the subject," he said. He refused to give further details.
Recently, Iran has increased its efforts in combating espionage by the West. The use of rodents has not been documented in the past.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: espionage; iran; nuts; spies; spooks; spysquirrels; squirrels; squirrelwar; workingdogs
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I didn't know this guy was still in business...
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posted on
07/14/2007 9:59:15 AM PDT
by
Ronzo
To: Ronzo
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posted on
07/14/2007 10:02:01 AM PDT
by
McBuff
To: Ronzo
How do you “arrest” an animal?
You confine them, perhaps, but “arrest”? That implies they broke a law which only humans are capable of doing.
To: Ronzo
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posted on
07/14/2007 10:02:43 AM PDT
by
indcons
(Liberals, circa 1960s, spat at the troops. Now, they shoot to kill instead.)
To: McBuff
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posted on
07/14/2007 10:05:22 AM PDT
by
Ronzo
(Poetry can be a better tool of understanding than tedious scribblings of winners of the Noble Prize)
To: indcons
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posted on
07/14/2007 10:07:00 AM PDT
by
McBuff
To: McBuff
Something is screwy. .. I did not mean to post Rocky 3 times. ..my apologies!!!
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posted on
07/14/2007 10:08:27 AM PDT
by
McBuff
To: McBuff
That’s OK, you can never have too many jpeg’s of Rocky the Squirrel. But what we need is a picture that shows up on FR of the squirrel with the bazooka...
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posted on
07/14/2007 10:11:22 AM PDT
by
Ronzo
(Poetry can be a better tool of understanding than tedious scribblings of winners of the Noble Prize)
To: Ronzo
You mean our secret weapon was pinched?
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posted on
07/14/2007 10:13:09 AM PDT
by
Go Gordon
(The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.)
To: Ronzo
...I need to get my own image server...
Anyway, the Iranians just released a photo of one of the captured squirrels:
Is there a place on FR where we can upload images???
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posted on
07/14/2007 10:13:35 AM PDT
by
Ronzo
(Poetry can be a better tool of understanding than tedious scribblings of winners of the Noble Prize)
To: Ronzo
And the MSM - and the EU - and the dems are all okay with these nuts having the
bomb? Oh, excuse me while I irradiate the squirrels in Israel...
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posted on
07/14/2007 10:14:01 AM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: Go Gordon
Darn. I just hope they don't find out about this guy:
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posted on
07/14/2007 10:16:04 AM PDT
by
Ronzo
(Poetry can be a better tool of understanding than tedious scribblings of winners of the Noble Prize)
To: Ronzo
Keeps reminding me of that cockroach in The Fifth Element.
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posted on
07/14/2007 10:24:22 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Brian J. Marotta, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub, (1948-2007) Rest In Peace, our FRiend)
To: Ronzo
The squirrels confessed after Iranian interrogators applied electrodes to their nuts.
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posted on
07/14/2007 10:30:07 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
("We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area...")
To: ConservativeMind
How then would you arrest a heart attack?
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posted on
07/14/2007 10:30:51 AM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Ronzo
I thought squirrels were OUR enemy. I guess the enemy of my enemy is my friend...
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posted on
07/14/2007 11:06:48 AM PDT
by
endthematrix
(He was shouting 'Allah!' but I didn't hear that. It just sounded like a lot of crap to me.)
To: Alouette; SJackson; Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro; Mr. Silverback
Oh, I am SO pinging all of you on this one...! ;)
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posted on
07/14/2007 12:02:34 PM PDT
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("Proudly keeping one iron boot on the necks of libertarian faux 'conservatives' since 1958!")
To: Alouette; SJackson; Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro; Mr. Silverback
Known ZioNazi:
:)
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posted on
07/14/2007 12:10:35 PM PDT
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("Proudly keeping one iron boot on the necks of libertarian faux 'conservatives' since 1958!")
To: Ronzo
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posted on
07/14/2007 12:19:47 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Gaza: Your one-stop schadenfreude entertainment center.)
To: Ronzo
“squirrels had been caught bearing foreign spy gear within Iran’s borders...”
How do they know it was foreign?
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